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Speakers for Winter Term. All are Welcome.
Monday, February 13 at 5 PM in Newcomb 116. Dr. Michael H. Laughy, Jr. will reflect on his years of experience excavating the Athenian Agora, speaking on "The End of Ancient Athens: The Archaeology and History of the Athenian Twilight."
For over one thousand years, Athens ranked among the most vibrant intellectual, social, and economic centers of the ancient Mediterranean world. Beginning in the third century A.D., however, Athens was rocked by a series of barbarian sacks, marking a centuries-long period in which the fortunes—and the size—of the city ebbed and flowed. Athens began a period of slow recovery and expansion in the tenth century A.D., but by 1200 A.D., the city had fallen upon hard times once more. According to the then Archbishop of Athens, Michael Akominatos, “the glory of Athens has utterly perished; one can see nothing, not even a faint symbol, by which to recognize the ancient city.” In this lecture, we will reveal some of the spectacular discoveries uncovered during recent excavations of Late Antique and Byzantine Athens, and discuss how these excavations enrich our understanding of the ancient accounts of the Athenian twilight.
Wednesday, February 15 at 5 PM in Newcomb 116, Dr. Ryan Boehm (Brown University) will speak on "The Sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods at Kolophon," examining the excavations at Kolphon in 1922 and 1925. Due to the disruption of the Greco-Turkish war, many of the monuments of the city have gone unpublished. This study reconstructs the important sanctuary discovered in these excavations—the precinct of the local Mother goddess, Mêtêr Antaiê—on the basis of a new study of the excavators' notebooks, catalogues, and photographs. In this talk, Dr. Boehm will consider the role of the sanctuary as the public archive of Kolophon, reconstructing the positioning of its archive of inscriptions, and he will discuss the imprtance of the sanctuary in the early Hellenistic period.
Friday, February 17 at 5 PM in Newcomb 116, Dr. Athena Kirk (Wellesley College).
Thursday, March 15 at 6:30 PM in Northen Auditorium, Dr. John Henkel (Georgetown College).
Tuesday, April 3rd at 7 PM in Northen Auditorium, Dr. Richard Talbert (UNC Chapel Hill)
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